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    GATE : 2008 CE : Civil Engineering Duration : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 150 1 Q.20ca The product of matrices (PQ) 'P is @ Pe wo ©@ P’Q’P (@) PQP* a, y. The general solution of SF +y=0is (@ y=Pcosx+Qsinx(b) y =P cos x © y=Psinx () y=Psin’x A mild steel specimen is under uni-axial tensile stress. Young’s modulus and yield stress for mild steel are 2x10°MPa and 250 MPa respectively. The maximum amount of strain energy per unit vol- ume that can be stored in this specimen without permanent set is (@) 156 Nmm/mm? (1.56 Nmm/mm? (0) 15.6Nmm/mm* (@) 0.156 Niam/mmn? A reinforced concrete structure has to be con- structed along a sea coast. The minimum grade of concrete to be used as per IS :456-2000 is (@) M15 (b) M20 ( M25 @ M30 In the design of a reinforced concrete beam the re- quirement for bond is not getting satisfied. The economical option to satisfy the requirement for bond is by (@) bundling of bars (® providing smaller diameter bars more in number providing larger diameter bars less in number providing same diameter bars more in number tc) (d) ‘The shape of the cross-section, which has the larg est shape factor, is (@) rectangular (©) diamond (6) section (@) solid circular Group symbols assigned to silty sand and clayey sand are respectively (a) $Sand CS (© SMand $C (#) SM and CS (@) MS and CS. one a 10. pt 2 13. each. When a retaining wall moves away from the back- fill, the pressure exeried on the wall is termed as (2) passive earth pressure ®) swolling pressure (6) pore pressure (@) active earth pressure ‘Compaction by vibratory roller is the best method ‘of compaction in case of (@), moist silty sand () well graded dry sand (©) day of medium compressibility (@ silt of high compressibility A person standing on the bank of a canal drops a stone on the water surface. He notices that the dis- turbance on the water surface in not traveling up- stream. This is because the flow in the canal is (a) sub-critical () super-critical (0) steady (@ uniform A flood wave witha known inflow hydrograph is routed through a large reservoir. The outflow hydrograph will have (@) attenuated peak with reduced time-base (6) attenuated peak with increased time-base (©) increased peak with increased time-base (@ increased peak with reduced time-base A stable channel is to be designed for a discharge of Qm’/s with silt factor f as per Lacey’s method. ‘The mean flow velocity (m/s) in the channel is oblained by (@ QFN —_&) (QF/140"" fo GP MON — Wh OSBIQINE ‘The base width of an elementary profile of gravity dam of height H is b. The specific gravily of the ‘material of the dam is G and uplift pressure coefti- cient is K. The correct relationship for no tension at the heel is given by 1 fa) © mle mls is 16, 7 18. 19. 20, Two primary air pollutants are (2) sulphur oxide and ozone (0) nitrogen oxideand peroxyacetylnitrate (o) sulphur oxide and hydrocarbon (@ ozone and peroxyacetyniteate 3. Twobiodegradable components of municipal solid eg P ip wasteare (@) plasties and wood cardboard and glass (©) leather and tin cans (@)_ food wastesand garden trimmings The specific gravity of paving bitumen as per 15:73-1992 lies between @ 1.10 and 1.06 (9 1.02 and 0.97 (8) 1.06 and 1.02 (@) 097 and 0.92 A combined value of flakiness and elongation index is to be determined for a sample of aggregates. The sequence in which the two tests are conducted (@) elongation index test followed by flakiness in- dex test on the whole sample (flakiness index test followed by elongation in- dex test on the whole sample (©) flakiness index test followed by elongation in- dex test on the non-flaky aggregates (@) elongation index test followed by flakiness in- dex test on non-elongated aggregates The capacities of “One-way 15 m wide sidewalk(persons per hour)” and “One-way 2-lane urban road (PCU per hour, withno frontage access, no standing vehicles and very little cross traffic)” are respectively (@ 1200 and 2400 (1200 and 1500 @) 1800 and 2000 (@) 2000 and 1200 The shape of the STOP sign according to IRC -67-2001 is, (@) circular (€) octagonal ©) tiongular (@) rectangular The type of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account is called (@) Geodetiesurveying, () Plane surveying (0) Preliminary surveying, (@ ‘Topographical surveying Q.21 to Q. 75 carry two marks each. 21. 2, 23, 24, 25. 26. 27. . &h ah Thequationt, 2 44,22 ccanbetrasfomed oh ath to Ser Ey = Obysubstinring ox yank 42x mon The value of | |(6-x—y) dx dy is oo @ 135 (®) 270 ©) 405 @ 540 ‘Three values of x and y are tobe fitted ina straight line in the form y=a+bx by the method of least squares. Given: Ex=6, Ly=21, Yx"=14 and Exy=46, the values of a and b are respectively (@) 2and3 (®) Land2, (© 2andt (@) 3and2 Solution of SY ax (@ x-¥ (ey 2 @ xe+ye4 If probability density function ofa random variable Xis A(x) = x8 for-1s x <1, and =0 for any other value of x then, the percentage probability Pd SxS » is (@ 0247 & 247 (o) 247 (@) 247 m 465 The Eigen values of the matrix IP] =|5 “6 lare (a) -7and 8 (Y) Sand 5 (e) 3and4 (a) land 2 A person on a trip has a choice between private car and public transport. The probability of using a privale car is 0.45. While using the public transport,further choices available are bus and ‘metro, out of which the probability of commuting, bby a bus is 0.55, In sucha situation, the probability (founded up to two decimals) of using a car, bus and metro, respectively would be (0) 0.45,0.30 and 0.25) 0.45, 0.25 and 0.30 (9 0.45, 0.55 and 0.60 (i) 0.45, 0.35 and 0.20 31 32. Will NOT have a unique solution for k equal to @o ws 6 (ay 7 (a) 0.255, (e) 0.589 (0 0.764 () 1.026 TT items Sette The inner (dot) product of two vectors Pand Qis 34. Themaximumshearstressina sold shattof cular zero, The angle (degrees) between the two vectorsis, ress-section having diameter d subjected toa torque @ 0 (30 Tis I the troqueis increased by four times and the © 90 (@) 120 diameter of the shaft is increased by two times, the snaximum shearstressin the shaft willbe Cross-section of a column consisting of two steel (@ Qn Or strips, each of thickness tand width b is shown in. w v2 @uva the figure below. The critical loads of the column with perfect bond and without bond between the 35. The span(s) to be loaded uniformly for maximum strips are P and P, respectively. The ratio P/P, is positive (upward) reaction at support P, as shown, a ante figure below, is (are) @4 iia I 7 $ @6 i Sgt! 2a a 8 a A reid bar a length Lis supported by a hinge T and a spring of stiffness K as shown in the re below. The Suckling load, Pa, for rebar ice @ PQonly & PQand OR ( QRand RS @ PQand RS . 36, A vestcal rod PQoflength Lis fixed atts top end P (@) O5KL | and has a flange fixed to the bottom end Q. « ating ‘A weight W is dropped vertically from a height h (

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